drive along the highway No 42 Tonale up to Capo di Ponte, to then follow the signs for Paspardo 980 m. We leave the car in front of Piazza Marcolini consortium of chestnut on the back road from where we came and follow the signs for the wildlife center soon reach Zumella Street, where a sign says that if the refuge is open or closed. The road starts to climb with long switchbacks, past signs for the wildlife center and after passing the aqueduct arrived at the beginning of the trail at about 1100 m, from here follow the path up to 117 refuge. The climb is steady and makes us appreciate the beautiful landscape on Concarena, past huts Pusole where we pause a moment, we begin to see the first snow mixed with ice, which came in a beautiful forest of spruce we note that the light is really hard to enter the snow is more abundant but still unable to proceed also without snowshoes, left the forest come to Colombo and pasture in short on the service road that leads us to the shelter after a few minutes Colombè 1710 m (www.rifugiocolombe . en) where the view is superb. The management of the refuge is managed by a group of volunteers, friends (OMG Operation Mato Grosso), who are committed on an ongoing basis to ensure a fine dining and overnight. The proceeds of the management is entirely devoted to the support of healthcare hospital Chacas (Peru). Chacas is a poor mountainous area of \u200b\u200bthe Peruvian Andes where people live only where the agricultural and health care service is not guaranteed and paid for the people. We are greeted warmly as if we were friends forever, lunch is just as well as the company. Reluctantly we leave and greeted our new friends we start our way back, after a brief consultation we decided to follow the service road, even if you lengthen the time and still recommended for the variety of places you can see, even if the road is still covered by snow joke that we go down quietly, at about 1600 m near a church you have a wonderful view of the Conca of Badminton, the group of Tredenus and Pizzo Badile Camuno imperative that rises to the top. Without ever leaving the road we come to the point where we climbed the trail in the morning from here retrace the same route to the parking lot.
sometimes start the year with a trip today can be described as a good omen, then if you add the fact that you can do good to friends in need becomes even more of an unforgettable day. ..
special thanks for the warm welcome to the refuge and for its excellent food!
Sick Mountain: Fabio and Piergiorgio
refuge Colombè 1710 m
lace Badile Camuno 2435 m
Concarena 2549 m
Concarena view from the hut
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